You can’t demolish capitalism. Technology has made us a global society, any capitalist country can just subsume any other country trying to opt out. You would need simultaneous agreement of all nations which is never going to happen. The Congo will continue to be exploited by someone, the only change would be who else steps in to do the exploiting if one country stopped.

Getting self-righteous about walking to the deli for a bacon egg sandwich is not exactly saving the world here.

Meanwhile let’s just ignore any exploitation involved in things that we like, and if anyone points that out we’ll just call it a “gotcha.”

What industry isn’t exploitative? Do you realize the iPhone you posted this from supports slavery-level cobalt mining in the Congo? Do you know where your clothes are made? Come off it.

You are describing things that should have a downward pressure on price, all else being equal. This makes no sense as an explanation to rising costs.

Do you not accept the idea that universal access to loans has increased demand?

If housing is a human right, this begs the question: where, and how nice? Is it a human right to live in my exact favorite neighborhood in the world? Do I get a 2 bedroom if I want extra space? Will someone help furnish it?

Who pays for it all?

Yes, this is exactly why college is so expensive right now. Guaranteed federal loans without any default option was supposed to make the barrier to entry easier, but instead just added a zero onto the cost.